New York Post: Big-voiced ‘80s pop diva Taylor Dayne – ‘How I Iost my s–t’
“…she was born in New York Hospital – and grew up in Baldwin, Long Island – as Leslie Wunderman.
“I had to change my name — I couldn’t be Leslie,” says Dayne, who, after being told that she was “cool like a guy,” came up with Taylor Dane. Only problem was, she found out that there was a porn star with that same name shortly before releasing “Tell It to My Heart“ in 1987.
“So we threw a ‘Y’ in there to match it with the ‘Y’ in Taylor.” – Read More